U.S. House Republicans grill Walz, Ellison over fraud in Minnesota social services

By: Brian Martucci

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: March 4, 2026

Words: 954

Last Updated: 4 days, 15 hours ago

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Republicans on the House Oversight Committee sought to turn the page Wednesday on the federal law enforcement surge that killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis and turned public opinion against the Trump administration’s immigration policy. They returned to a familiar stomping ground: widespread fraud in Minnesota’s social safety net.

Apparent graft in a pandemic-era food assistance program was “known, documented and repeatedly brought to the attention of state leadership,” who did nothing “not because they …

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